Illustration by David James Stokes

Last year I spoke with an interesting gentleman about our Old Vine Shiraz vineyard which is located in between the winery and the neighboring church. The gentleman, who turned out to be a very well known South Australia illustrator, Mr David James Stokes, was putting together a special exhibition of various old vines from the Barossa Valley.

We happily agreed to have one of our old vines illustrated and displayed in an exhibition which was held on Sunday the 5th December 2010 at the National Wine Centre.

It is a gorgeous illustration which has wonderful personality! As it was drawn in the early months of spring David has been able to capture the new sprigs of life which are beginning to form.

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Wine Regions of the World

A friend of ours recently brought back these amazing “Wine Regions of the World” posters from Argentina. The posters are a unique chart, inspired by the 15^th century cartographers, and captures the current status of the vineyards of the world. I have never seen anything like this before. The detail is beautiful and everything has been hand drawn in Indian ink and pen by internationally accredited and prominent Argentine artist and designer Maggie Moreno.

She has created all the fonts by hand, nothing has been computer generated and it looks exactly like an old world atlas.

We currently have about 8 of these magnificent prints to sell. They are fairly large measureing 100 cm x 70 cm. The high quality 4 colour print only highlights the craftsmanship of the illustration which is printed on 300 gsm Illustration paper.

This is a must have for an avid wine collector or a lover of beautiful things.

They are only $140.00 so if you would like to purchase a print please email me on Victoria@loumirandaestate.com.au

Or alternatively if you visit our cellar door you can see the print in person, we recently had one framed and is on display for everyone to see.

Sorry the photos are for poor quality, the glass was reflecting against the light.